I’m still having trouble understanding why there aren’t massive beds of
dinosaurian bones at the top of the K sediments. No such thing here on my
ranch. I see fewer and fewer bone sites as I get closer to the top of the K
section here on my ranch. The lower Hell Creek is much more fossiliferous by
my observations. Finding good microsites in the lower section is easier too.
Upper Hell Creek is relatively barren within 100 feet of the top of the
formation. I have mid to uppermost HC exposed on the 40 square miles of HC I
have access to with over 400 feet of relief here of a 700 foot section of HC.
I’ve been collecting this area for 15 years and it appears to me that density
of animals decreases as I reach the top. Durn hard to quantify though.
Frank Bliss
MS Biostratigraphy
www.wyomingdinosaurs.com